2. Christmas is not Pagan (History)

Join us at: http://www.inspiringphilosophy.org To help support this ministry click here: https://www.patreon.com/inspiringphilosophy?ty=h This video looks at the history of Christmas and argues there is no evidence it comes from paganism. Here is the primary video we are going after: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn6wOIDo5dk Sources: Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings - Abolqasem Ferdowsi Structure in The Wisdom of Amenemope and Proverbs - Paul Overland Christianizing the Roman Empire - Ramsay MacMullen Pagan City and Christian Capital: Rome in the Fourth Century - John R Curran Rome - Marcia B. Hall The Philocalian Calendar The Origins of the Liturgical Year - Thomas J. Talley Sol Invictus, the Winter Solstice, and the Origins of Christmas - Steven Hijmans https://www.academia.edu/968841/_Sol_Invictus_the_Winter_Solstice_and_the_Origins_of_Christmas_Mouseion_Number_47_3_2003_277-298 The Sun Which Did Not Rise In the East -Steven Hijmans https://www.academia.edu/263849/The_Sun_Which_Did_Not_Rise_In_the_East "Christmas"in "The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought - Karen B. Westerfield Tucker Saturnalia Book - Macrobius Roman Festivals in the Greek East - Fritz Graf Classical World, Volume 15 - John Raymond Homily on the Date of Christmas -John Chrysostom fourthcentury.com/christmas-sermon Toward the Origins of Christmas - Susan K. Roll The interpretation by Hippolytus of the Visions of Daniel - Hippolytus of Rome The Christmas Tree - Fr. William P. Saunders Christmas: A Candid History - Bruce David Forbes The Children's Friend (1821) *If you are caught excessively commenting, being disrespectful, insulting, or derailing then your comments will be removed. If you do not like it you can watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn0Hq-sy3Wg&feature=plcp "Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."